mendicity

[ men-dis-i-tee ]

/ mɛnˈdɪs ɪ ti /

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noun

mendicancy.

Origin of mendicity

1350–1400; Middle English mendicite<Latin mendīcitās beggary, equivalent to mendīc(us) needy, beggarly + -itās-ity

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH mendicity

mendacity, mendicity

Words nearby mendicity

Menderes, Mendes, Mendès-France, mendicancy, mendicant, mendicity, mending, Mendips, Mendocino, mend one's fences, mend one's ways

Example sentences from the Web for mendicity

Either the woman had returned from a German witches' Sabbath, or she had come out of a mendicity asylum.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life|Honore de Balzac
Mendicity became a distinct institution, was divided into various branches, and was provided with a language of its own.
The Book of Vagabonds and Beggars|Anonymous
In the rural districts vagrancy and mendicity still survive, in spite of constabulary forces and petty sessions.
Old Roads and New Roads|William Bodham Donne
Every person was required to labor, and mendicity was prohibited.
Great Events in the History of North and South America|Charles A. Goodrich

"I arrest you for mendicity," he said, just about to lay his hand on his shoulder.
The False Chevalier|William Douw Lighthall